Carmel Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Carmel, Indiana
United States
Carmel Road Racing Group, LLC
42F / 6C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 10m 18s
Overall Rank = 397/433
Age Group = M 45-49
Age Group Rank = 54/67
Pre-race routine:

Rode bike to start area.
Back injury 2 days before the race - was a the Chiropractor 2x the day before the race
Event warmup:

Abbreviated due to back pain. Short jogs and leg swings.
Run
  • 2h 08m 44s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 50s  min/mile
Comments:

Planned to do 9:1 run/walk, but the water stations weren't in the right places and my HR watch doesn't show seconds after 1 hour. So the 9:1 got very irregular. I did not take any walk breaks the last 3 miles (10 miles was the last walk break).
What would you do differently?:

Would be nice to try this without the back injury ;-)
Post race
Warm down:

Walking. Light stretching. Bike ride home. Stretch. Ice feet. Foam roller.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Continue training program up to race event. Had a lot of life chaos in the week leading up to the race, and instead of tapering/recovering it was more like "completely stop training." I did feel a bit sluggish the first half - but not at all tired.

Event comments:

Fun race. Nice to be so nearby and ride my bike to the start and home again (no traffic/parking issues!).

Elites are crazy stupid scary fast.

Late addendum: I was wondering about my time and slightly disappointed when I got the printed results at the race finish - they had a computer station that printed out a little slip of paper that said I finished 2:10:18. I looked at my heart rate monitor just after the finish and it said 2:08 - just chalked this up to maybe my cheap Polar HRM doesn't keep accurate time - or so I thought. Now when I look at the online results, it gave me the finishing time of 2:08:44 - I think I will go with this result, because I really do believe it is more accurate.




Last updated: 2012-04-21 12:00 AM
Running
02:08:44 | 13.1 miles | 09m 50s  min/mile
Age Group: 54/67
Overall: 607/433
Performance: Good
Negative split - 1:03:27 last 6.55 miles
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4